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- Title
The Values Shaping Australian Asylum Policy: The Views of Policy Insiders.
- Authors
Palmer, David
- Abstract
Drawing on interviews with former political leaders and senior public servants, this article maps the values that have guided asylum policy decisions over the past three decades. The findings support the view that a culture of control permeates policy decisions, but pushing deeper, that policy-maker perceptions of asylum issues are shaped by two primary values: nation building and good governance. Values that tend to preoccupy policy critics, for example human rights, compassion, international legal obligations and national character, are by no means absent, but are subsumed within and harnessed to the desire to be a good engineer and responsible governor. The study adds to the insights required for constructive dialogue between governments and refugee advocates, and affords a comprehensive framework within which asylum policy can be understood and analysed.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; RIGHT of asylum -- Government policy; AUSTRALIAN politics &; government, 1945-; REFUGEE policy; SOCIAL values; NATION building; POLICY sciences
- Publication
Australian Journal of Public Administration, 2008, Vol 67, Issue 3, p307
- ISSN
0313-6647
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8500.2008.00589.x